Hunt underway for new commissioners to help make West Midlands roads safer
The hunt for two new commissioners to help make West Midlands roads safer and encourage more active travel will get underway this week.
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West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker said the new Road Safety Commissioner and Active Travel Commissioner roles will help drive policies as well as challenging and scrutinising what the authority does in these areas.
The recruitment advertisements for the two separate roles are expected to go live on Wednesday (November 6).
The mayor said he will be looking for people, who are already experts in both fields, with different responsibilities and who will work with the new Transport Taskforce being set up, giving them a direct route to the authority’s Board.
They will be expected to work one day a week and be each paid £10,000 – around £200 per day – for their contributions.
But Mr Parker refuted claims he was ‘skimping’ on the roles by not employing them as ‘full time’ as he said they would be augmenting what the authority already had.
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has a full active travel team, encouraging people to do more walking and take up cycling, with a £71 million total budget whilst the authority already employs a road safety manager. Mr Parker said the commissioners would not duplicate any of their work.
